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At this stage, it’s not clear if the deal has been finalized.
The deal would then shift to see Microsoft hold a 49% stake in OpenAI.
Other investors would hold an additional 49% and OpenAI would hold 2%.
Both OpenAI and Microsoft declined to comment on the potential deal.
As highlighted by Semafor’s Reed Albergotti, OpenAI currently loses money every time someone uses ChatGPT.
That figure is measured in cents per use, but that can add up.
Microsoft invested $1 billion into OpenAI back in 2019.
That partnership saw OpenAI shift to Microsoft’s Azure AI supercomputing infrastructure to train GPT-3.5, which powers ChatGPT.
The emergence of ChatGPT has also raised ethical questions, such aswho owns content created with artificial intelligence.
Similar issues have been raised by DALL-E,VALL-E, and other AI tools.
Microsoft may be more interested in the underlying technology of OpenAI than if that tech is currently profitable.
AI is a major focus of Microsoft going forward.
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Microsoft has invested heavily into AI and seems keen to continue to do so.
Based on recent trends and reports, OpenAI feels like a key part of Microsoft’s plans.
